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Mendip
Mendip
Shown within Somerset
Geography
Status: Non-metropolitan District
Region: South West England
Admin. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South West England is one of the Regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to County: Somerset
Area:
- Total		 Ranked 51st
739.44 km²
Admin. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ: Shepton Mallet
ONS code: 40UB
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est. Shepton Mallet is a small rural Town in Somerset, England. It is situated five miles (8 km to the east of Wells, and lies just The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology )
- Density		 Ranked 203rd
108,300
146 / km²
Ethnicity: 98. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 8% White
Politics
Mendip District Council
http://www.mendip.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: David Heath, David Heathcoat-Amory
Mendip is also a shortened name for The Mendip Hills, from which this district takes its name. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons This article is about the politician For the professional wrestler see David Heath (wrestler. David Philip Heathcoat-Amory MP (born 21 March 1949 British Politician, Accountant and Farmer. The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of Limestone hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset

Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It covers an area of land ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels. The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of Limestone hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly called is a sparsely populated Wetland area of central Somerset The administrative centre of the district is Shepton Mallet. Shepton Mallet is a small rural Town in Somerset, England. It is situated five miles (8 km to the east of Wells, and lies just

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells, along with Frome, Shepton Mallet, Street urban districts, and Frome Rural District, Shepton Mallet Rural District, Wells Rural District, and part of Axbridge Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a Dry point on the Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. Wells is a small Cathedral city and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Frome ( (ˈfruːm is a medium-sized Town and Civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills. Shepton Mallet is a small rural Town in Somerset, England. It is situated five miles (8 km to the east of Wells, and lies just Street is a town and Civil parish in the county of Somerset, England, situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area Axbridge was a Rural district in Somerset, England from 1894 to 1974

The five main settlements in Mendip are:

Frome, Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet are the only towns in the district, as Wells has city status and Street has maintained its status as a village despite a population in excess of 11,000. Frome ( (ˈfruːm is a medium-sized Town and Civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills. Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a Dry point on the Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. Shepton Mallet is a small rural Town in Somerset, England. It is situated five miles (8 km to the east of Wells, and lies just Street is a town and Civil parish in the county of Somerset, England, situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Wells is a small Cathedral city and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip

Other villages and hamlets include:

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Ashwick is a village in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Baltonsborough is a village and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Batcombe is a Village and Civil parish in the Mendip District of Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the Beckington is a village and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, about three miles north of Frome. Binegar is a small village in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton. Bleadney is a village near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Bowlish is a hamlet on the A371 road between Shepton Mallet and Croscombe in Somerset, England. Buckland Dinham is a small village near Frome in Somerset, England. Butleigh is a small village and Civil parish, located in Somerset. Whatley is a small rural village and Civil parish near Frome in the English county of Somerset. Charterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a small hamlet in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB in the Chewton Mendip is a village and Civil parish in the Mendip District of Somerset, England. Chilcompton is a village in Somerset, England, situated in the Mendip Hills two Miles south of Midsomer Norton. Coleford is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the Mells river in the Mendip Hills five Miles west of Frome. Coxley is a village in the parish of St Cuthbert Out on the River Sheppey, south of Wells in the Mendip district of Somerset, Cranmore is a village and Civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Croscombe is a village and Civil parish west of Shepton Mallet and from Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset, The hamlet of Dean sits on the edge of the Mendip Hills within the Civil parish of Cranmore in the Mendip district of Somerset, Dinder (which means "the house in the valley" is a small village 2½ miles west of Shepton Mallet, and 2 miles east of Wells in Somerset Ditcheat is a village and Civil parish south of Shepton Mallet, and north west of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset Doulting is a village and Civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, on the A361, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England Draycott is a small village in Somerset neighbouring the village of Cheddar on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty East Pennard is a village and Civil parish four miles north west of Castle Cary, and 5 miles south of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district Easton ( is a small village in Somerset, 2 miles north west of Wells. Emborough is a village and Civil parish 5 miles north of Shepton Mallet, and 5 miles north east of Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset, Evercreech is a village and Civil parish 3 miles south east of Shepton Mallet, and 5 miles north east of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district Farleigh Hungerford ( is a village in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366, in the Faulkland is a village in the Civil parish of Hemington in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Godney is a village and Civil parish near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels in the Mendip district of Somerset, England For the landmark tree in Boston Common see Boston Common Great Elm is a village and Civil parish between Mells and Frome Henton is a village near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Holcombe is a small village and Civil parish (estimated population 1000 in North Somerset, England. Hornblotton is a small hamlet in the parish of West Bradley, located between Glastonbury and Castle Cary in Somerset England. Horrington is a collection of three small villages ( South Horrington, East Horrington and West Horrington) in the parish of St Cuthbert Out or east Kilmersdon is a small village located in North Somerset between the towns of Radstock and Frome. Lamyatt (also known in some sources as Lamyat) is a village south east of Shepton Mallet, north east of Castle Cary, and south of Evercreech Leigh-on-Mendip or Leigh upon Mendip (on Ordnance Survey maps is a small village on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. Litton ( is a small village between Chewton Mendip and West Harptree in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. Lydford-on-Fosse is a village and Civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Meare is a village and Civil parish 3 miles north west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels, in the Mendip district of Somerset, Mells is a village in Somerset, England, near the town of Frome. Nettlebridge is a hamlet in the Mendip Hills on the A367 (The Fosse Way) between Oakhill and Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset North Wootton may refer to North Wootton Dorset North Wootton Norfolk North Wootton Somerset Norton Saint Philip is a Village in Somerset, England, located between the City of Bath and the town of Frome. Nunney ( is a village near Frome in the Mendip local government district within the English county of Somerset. Oakhill, Somerset is a Village located approximately 2 miles north of Shepton Mallet between the A37 and the A367 (The Fosseway Pilton is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road in the Mendip district 3 miles (5 km south west of Shepton Polsham (also spelled Poulsham) is a small village in the parish of St Cuthbert Out in the Mendip district of Somerset. Prestleigh is a small village 2 miles south east of Shepton Mallet Somerset in England. Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and north west of Wells. Pylle is a village and Civil parish 4 miles south west of Shepton Mallet, and 7 miles from Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset Rode (formerly Road is a village in Somerset, located five miles south-west of Trowbridge and 5 miles north east of Frome,. Rodney Stoke is a small Village and Civil parish, located at, 5 miles north west of Wells, in the English county of Somerset. Standerwick is a village in the Civil parish of Beckington and in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, about four miles north Ston Easton is a Linear village and Civil parish in the English county of Somerset. Stratton-on-the-Fosse is a village and Civil parish located on the edge of the Mendip Hills north east of Shepton Mallet, and from Frome, in Stoke St Michael is a village and Civil parish on the Mendip Hills 4 miles north east of Shepton Mallet, and 8 miles west of Frome, in the Trudoxhill is a village and Civil parish near Nunney in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Upton Noble is a village and Civil parish on the River Frome 3 miles north east of Bruton, and 7 miles from Frome, in the Mendip district Vobster is a small village in Somerset, England, approximately 5 miles from the market town of Frome and 4 miles from Radstock. Walton is a village and Civil parish 2½ miles south west of Glastonbury in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Wanstrow is a village and Civil parish 6 miles south west of Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Cranmore is a village and Civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. West Compton can refer to West Compton California, USA West Compton Dorset, England West Pennard is a village and Civil parish east of Glastonbury in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Westbury-sub-Mendip is a village with a population of about 800 situated on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills four miles from Wells and Cheddar Westcombe is a hamlet of around 30 households in the Mendip District of Somerset, England. Westhay is a village 4 miles north west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Whatley is a small rural village and Civil parish near Frome in the English county of Somerset. Wookey Hole is a village close to Wells in Somerset, England. This article is about a village in Somerset, England. For other uses please see Wraxall (disambiguation. Witham Friary is a small village and Civil parish located between the Somerset (England towns of Frome and Bruton. The A37 is a major Road in southern England. It runs north from the A35 at Dorchester in Dorset into Somerset through The A361 is a major Road in England and at 195 miles is the longest 3 digit A road in the UK The A371 is a primary Road in England running from Wincanton in Somerset, to Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset. The A39 is an A road in south west England. It runs south-west from Bath in Somerset through Wells, Glastonbury, Street Frome railway station serves a largely rural area of the county of Somerset in England, and is situated in the town of Frome. The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth line, is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which operates The Open Directory Project ( ODP) also known as dmoz (from directory
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